🤖 Robotics

Robots can do hard, dangerous and repetitive tasks 24/7 and they are fast getting more advanced and helpful.

Rich Spuller 2 min read

🤖 Robots - Coming soon to a retailer near you

Robots are on the rise. You'll soon be seeing them on sidewalks, in the skies, and in virtually every store. In the coming years, robots are on track to enter the mainstream, bringing benefit to nearly every aspect of the retail industry.

Rich Spuller 1 min read

This Light-based Nervous System Helps Robots ‘Feel’

Last night, way past midnight, I stumbled onto my porch blindly grasping for my keys after a hellish day of international travel. Lights were low, I was half-asleep, yet my hand grabbed the keychain, found the lock, and opened the door. If you’re rolling your eyes—yeah, it’s

Rich Spuller 1 min read

AI and Robotics Are Transforming Disaster Relief

During the past 50 years, the frequency of recorded natural disasters has surged nearly five-fold. In this blog, I’ll be exploring how converging exponential technologies [https://singularityhub.com/2017/12/29/what-are-the-6-ds-of-exponential-organizations/] (AI [https://singularityhub.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/], robotics [https://singularityhub.com/tag/robotics/], drones [https://singularityhub.com/tag/

Mathias Sundin 1 min read

These $10 Sensor-Packed Gloves Could Give Robots a Sense of Touch

Machines are mastering vision [https://singularityhub.com/2019/01/28/can-ai-tell-the-difference-between-a-polar-bear-and-a-can-opener/] and language [https://singularityhub.com/2012/05/15/let-the-computer-talk-speech-synthesis-is-giving-machines-the-chance-to-have-their-voices-heard/] , but one sense they’re lagging behind on is touch. Now researchers have created a sensor-laden glove for just $10 and recorded the most comprehensive tactile dataset to date, which